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C L I T H E R O E ’S dream of lifting the
North-West Counties championship trophy could come to an end on Saturday. Even if they manage to
Is the title dream over? □
CLITHEROE Reserves look to be on their way to a quarter-final
their latest group matches. A win in their final match against Hasiingden
beat Holker Old Boys at Shawbridge, a win for Trafford a t Burscough would p u t them out of reach for the Blues.
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mean Clitheroe could only tie with them and with a vastly superior goal differ ence, that too would surely spell th e end of Shaw bridge hopes. Clitheroe have just four
^ Trafford draw would
games left to play and can hope for a maximum 0f 88
points should they win them all.
pip Trafford, but it could see them beat Newcastle Town for runners-up spot. Newcastle are currently three points ahead of
That will not be enough to
Clitheroe, but have two games in hand over them. Looking a t the table it is
games this season, the best record in the league, but they have drawn 13 times — only two other clubs have drawn more. Goals have not been hard
They have lost only five
to come by. Trafford aside they have as good a record as anybody in the top half of the table. Defensively they have
been tight enough too hav ing conceded only as many as Trafford and fewer than anybody except for New castle.
early in the season which should have been won and a bad run through Febru ary saw the Shawbridge outfit lose touch. Over recent week the side
But games were drawn
easy to see why the Blues’ title challenge has faded.
tonight would see them through as winners of their group. Their most convincing performance came
against Nelson on Saturday when the reserves notched up a comprehensive 5-1 win. Geoff Young continued his recent run of good
form when he scored after 20 minutes, but Nelson were back in the game a minute before the break thanks to a scrambled goal. Clitheroe’s lead was restored just after the break when Steve Elmer raced into the area and fired in an unstoppable shot. The goal of the match followed when Peter
Skipper John Holding did a magnificent job in the midfield and the back four dealt easily
appearance in the North-West Counties’ Reserve Division Cup after two wins
with the Nelson front line. Earlier in the week the Reserves laid to rest one of their bogey sides with a 2-1 win at Maine Road Reserves. Maine Road had done the double over the
Blues in the league this season and topped the cup group, but this was Clitheroe’s day. The reserves opened well on a bumpy playing surface and deservedly went in front when winger Steve Elmer volleyed home from just
inside the area. They extended their lead when Lee Slater
“The General” Washbrook shot first time into the net from 35-yards.
Lee Slater, who had an outstanding game, lobbed the keeper with minutes to go to give Clitheroe the 5-1 scoreline they so thoroughly deserved. Shaun Lister made an impressive debut com
Elmer then helped himself to a second before
won a corner on the left and delivered the per fect cross for Young to head home powerfully from the far post. Elmer had the chance to extend the lead after the break but shot just wide, and soon after Maine Road pulled back a goal with a header. But Clitheroe looked well in command and
ing on after five minutes for the injured Gor don Leach and Martin Halleron got his first taste of senior football with some good touch es in the final 12 minutes.
mng. On Saturday they had a
chance to close the gap at the top of the table with Trafford and Newcastle both in League Cup action. Chadderton, currently
languishing at the bottom of the table with Maine Road, were the visitors to Shawbridge and Clitheroe should have been confident of three points. But despite taking an
early lead the Blues let Chadderton back in for a late equaliser to drop two precious points. They bounced back from
good running from Dave Horrocks caused all sorts of problems for Maine Road. It was a fine performance from the Reserves and this could prove to be the key result which sees the side into the cup semi-finals. □ The reserves were held to a 1-1 draw at Shawbridge against Chadderton Reserves in the previous week’s league cup group match. Dave Horrocks got the Clitheroe goal.
close with a fine header fol lowing a Richard Living
stone cross but that went just over the bar. Andy Howard for
Burscough was causing the Blues’ defence all sorts of problems with darting runs and fine ball control. Chris Grimshaw too was
on top of his game, launch ing some penetrating through balls for the front men to thrive on. After 23 minutes Clitheroe
took the lead. I t came in a simple fashion with a cross
th a t disappointment on Monday afternoon with a fine 1-0 win over fourth placed Burscough, but with Trafford and Newcas tle both winning it was too little too late. Clitheroe started the game
have been drawing when they should have been win-
at Burscough brightly and began very much on the offensive. Striker Paul Mullin went
□ CIITHEROEFC are’planning a new sponsorship: drive for next season which wiU aUow eyerybqdy lo get: involved with supporting the club financially.
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Players’ kits can be sponsored forthe start of. next season with supporters donating anything from £5 to £60.: • ‘In return the'sponsors name will be printed,in every home programme' for the whole season under: the shirt: number (hey wish to sponsor
’Track suits wifi dost £25 to sponsor as will shirts. Shorts. arc £15 with socks at £5l Those wishing to,sponsor the whole kit can do so for £60 at a saving of £10. , ? Chairman Steve Rush said: “The idea is to'give the whole range of people the chance to get involvediWe are inviting sponsorship from individuals as well as businesses.”;®:-
‘ Those interested should contact Mr Rush (01200 442456) ; or Terry Nelson on (01200 425061). Alternatively they can be contacted at any home match at Shawbridge.
EAST LANCASHIRE
Barnoldswick United v Gar- grave; Rimington v Sabdcn; Mill
President’s Cup Quarter-finals
Foulridge Old Boys. First Division
Colne United v Nelson and Quarter-finals
Settle United v Crosshills. Second Division
United; Hurst Green v Mill HiU S t P e t e r ’s: N e lso n and
Colne United v Bamoldswick Reserve Division
Foulridge Old Boys v Pendld Forest; Read United v Settle United; Trawden Celtic y Worsthome. • AH games kick-off at 2-15
Rovers v Earby Town; Hurst Green v Read 1 United; Langhc Langho v Co l ne ; Wh i n n e y H i l l
Colne United v Oswaldtwistle Town; Barnoldswick Park
p.m. WEDNESDAY Second Division
Chatbum. Reserve Division
noldswick United 1; Sabden 0, Stacksteads St Joseph’s 3; Wors thome 0, Gargrave 1. Second Division
Mill Hill St Peter’s 0, Bar First Division
.Rovers 4, Read United 1; Whin ney Hill 4, Langho 1. Reserve Division
2; Pendle Forest 1, Colne 3. First Division ^
USWaJUlwiaue.............. -- Bamoldswick Utd........ 18 J3
Rimington...........................° Trawden Celtic.................
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Crosshills.....................“ 8 Mill Hill.......................
Settle Utd.. Sabden..
Langho...... Colne Utd..
181 Oswaldtwistle....
Colne................ Read Utd........... Chatbum...........
20 5
NFOB............... Pendle Forest.............. £ Ribchester Rovs...; ......»
Worsthome............. Mill Hill SP............. Sabden...................
Colne Utd.. NFOB.......
Colne.. 1 Reserve Division 1814 *
21 4 23 5 21 4
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................... 19 0 Second Division^
...... 19 2
Gargrave....-.............. IS1. Worsthome.........................*[
den 0; Colne United 2, Mill Hill St Peter’s 5; Hurst Green 2, Nelson and Foulridge Old Boys
Bamoldswick United 3, &*b-
Earby Town 12, Nelson and Foulridge Old Boys 2; Oswald twistle Town 2, Pendle Forest 2; Ribchester Rovers 2, Barnolds wick Park Rovers 2; Rock
Colne 0, Colne United 4; v
Green.• Games kick-off at 6-15 p.m. RESULTS
Barnoldswick United v Hurst
Forest v Barnoldswick Park Rovers; Whinney Hill v Eai»by Town.
Colne v Read United; Pendle '
FOOTBALL LEAGUE FIXTURES
Hill St Peters v Hurst Green; W h a l l e y R a n g e r s v Oswaldtwistle. BEP Cup
Sparkling Hangover!
CHAMPIONS PSV Hangover rounded off the Glenfield Leisurewear Roefield 5-a-side League season with a 6-4 win
over Shy Talk. Runners-up Higher Buck also ended on a
high with a 7-5 win over Waddy Arms, while third place was secured by AFC Sausage with a 1-1 draw against closest
rivals Parkers Arms. RESULTS
over 6, Shy Talk 4; AFC Sausage 1, Parkers Arms 1; Rapid Decline 6, Bowland Magic 3; Buck Rovers 15, Litebody Stars 3. Final Points and Positions
Waddy Arms 5, Higher Buck 7; PSV Hang 1, PSV Hangover 55; 2, Higher Buck 46; 3,
League ready to resume
THE Memorial Football League swings back into a c t io n w ith a full pro gramme of f ix tu re s on Sunday. Most championship, pro
motion and relegation issues have now been set tled with just the destina tion of the Second Division
title still in the balance. Those in contention —
Commy FC and Plough Inn — will both go up, but they play each other on Sunday in what should be
the decider. Fixlures
D L P 1 4 49 1 4 40 3 6 36 2 7 32
son); Swan at Whalley v Ye Old Brown Cow (Queen Eliz
Heys Inn v De Lacy (Wil First Division
4 7 31 4 6 28 5 8 26 1 7 25,
abeth, Whalley). Second Division
(Calderstones). Third Division
2 9 23 4 8 22 4 13 10 1 18 1
D L P 1 1 58 2 7 44 4 3 43 2 3 41 3 4 39 2 5 35 4 6 34 5 8 19 2 13 17 5 13 17 1 17 16 3 14 15 5 11 14 7 15 10
3 18 G
D L P 2 0 47 3 1 45 2 7 32 3 6 33 2 7 32 5 6 32 2 8 29 0 11 27 2 11 20 3 14 12 3 14 6
al). □ □ Calderstones v Bulls Head Lomax v New Inn (Memori
AFC Sausage 40; 4, Parkers Arms 38; 5, Shy Talk 34; 6, Waddy Arms 33; 7, Buck Rovers 33; 8, Rag Legs United 20; 9, Litebody Stars 13; 10, Bowland Magic 8; 11, Rapid Decline 3. □ Roefield Leisure Centre is hosting i t’s
Annual Indoor 5-a-side Tournament on Sunday, April 13th, between 9 a.m. and 3
p.m. Closing date is Sunday and cost is £14 per
team, with a maximum of eight players able to be registered. Cheques should be made payable to Roe
field Leisure Centre, and sent to the cen tre on Edisford Road, Clitheroe BB7 3LA. Telephone 442188 for more details.
Clitheroe RUFC
Clitheroe (v Culcheth,
Selected teams Saturday
away, meet I p.m.) A.' Burrill, I. Ibbotson, D.
Watson, I. Fielding, S. Greatorex, D. O’Duffy, M. Heanan, A. Thorn- ber, D. Tattersall, H. Procter, M. Wigley, B. Wilkinson, S. Taylor, R. Holmes, M. Francis. Subs: A. Nuttall, P. Jaques, M. Hodges. Clitheroe 2nds (v Garstang, home, meet 2- 15 p.m.) M. Allen, P. Allen, D. Atkinson, S. Christie, M. Clapham, T. Dubowski, D. Fielding, S. Greatorex, N. Green, S. Hall, P. Isherwood, J. Knowles, P. Procter, B. Slater, D. Slinger, M. Stott, C. Stott, D. Ware- ham, R. Waterhouse, P. Whiteside.
Read CC are favourites
READ are the 5/2 favourites to win the Vaux Ribblesdale League with Clitheroe bookmakers Bradlow Racing. The Whalley Road side,
who won the Vaux Rams- bottom Cup and finished runners-up to Earby in the league last season, have been installed as the team to beat ahead of Great Harwood, priced at 7/2. For an outside bet,
Clitheroe and Whalley are at 20/1, while Ribblesdale Wanderers are priced a t
33/1. The full price list is: Read
5/2; Great Harwood 7/2; Bamoldswick 4/1; Earby 5/1; Baxenden 14/1; Edenfield 14/1; Blackburn Northern 16/1; Cherry Tree 20/1; Clitheroe 20/1; Whalley 20/1; Padiham 28/1; Ribblesdale Wanderers 33/1; Settle 33/1; Oswaldtwistle 40/1.
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from the right being head ed home by Clive Dunn. That made the score 1-0
a t half-time, and Dunn was unlucky not to add to
his and Clitheroe’s tally soon after the restart. He saw a shot go just over
the bar before Tommy Knox volleyed a shot wide for Burscough at the other end. Andy Lawson was back in
marked Saturday’s game with Chadderton with his
tenth goal in the month of
after just nine minutes and should have sent his side on the road to victory. Chadderton were unlucky
March. He put the Blues 1-0 up
to see the ball hit the back of the Clitheroe net only for the goal to be ruled out because of offside. Chadderton pushed for
m fct-:
T r a f f o r d ( aw a y ) ; A p r i l 1 2 th : C a s t le to n G a b r ie ls (h om e ) ; A p r i l 1 9 th : A sh to n T ow n (h om e ) a n d T r a f f o r d (h om e ) , to b e a rran g ed . . □ A D R AW t o n ig h t fo r
C l i th e ro e ’s s e c o n d s t r in g a g a i n s t
n e ig h b o u r s H asiingden a t Shawbridge
will see th e Blues to p th e ir R e s e r v e D iv i s io n C u p group. U n b e a t e n in t h e i r f iv e
g ro u p g ames in th e N o r th E a s t S e c t io n , th e B lu e s m u s t avoid d e fe a t to n ig h t to c laim a semi-final sp o t . Only to n ig h t ’s o p p o n en ts
H a s i in g d e n a n d s e c o n d - p la c e d M a in e R o a d c a n e d g e G l i th e ro e o u t , b u t Haslin g d en would have to win e a ch of th e i r rem a in in g th r e e g am e s to d e n y Clitheroe a place in th e la s t four. Kick-off a t Shawbridge is
7 -3 0 p .m ., a n d h o p e fu l ly th e Blues c an move fu r th e r tow a rd s w in n in g some sil
verware to n ig h t . RESULTS Saturday
First Division
Cables 0; Bootle 3, Darwen 0; CLITHEROE 1, Chadderton 1; Eastwood Hanley 3, Salford City 1; Kidsgrove Ath. 1, Rossendale Utd 1; Maine Road 1, GIossop NE 1; Mossley 2, Holker OB 1; St Helens Town 3, Atherton Collieries 0; Vauxhall GM 0, Burscough 2. League Challenge Cup
Blackpool Rovers 2, Prescot
ward for the remainder of the first half, but Clitheroe’s defence, partic ularly Gary Butcher and Baron, held firm. After the break Andy
Taylor was unlucky not to score when put through by
Livingstone. He sent his header over the bar. The game lost its pattern
after that as Clitheroe sat back and were content to defend their one goal lead. That frustrated the crowd
the Clitheroe side and per formed well to keep the dangerous Knox quiet for most of the afternoon. Clitheroe were defending
as Chadderton piled for ward looking for the equaliser. That came with just five
Clitheroe could have made i t two when Mark Walsh went through on his own but blasted over the bar with only the keeper to beat but, in the end, one goal was enough to take the points. Striker Mark Walsh
very well and in the end Burscough resorted to playing long balls over the top. Lee Sculpher and Neil Baron found no problems in dealing with those. In the dying moments
minutes left on the clock when Chris Barlow sent a fierce shot into the bottom corner to give his side a well-deserved share of the points. □ Clitheroe have finalised their fixture list for the remainder of the season. April 5th: Holker OB
Trafford 3, Nantwich Town 2. (Newcastle and Trafford meet in
the final). Reserve Division Cup
Chadderton 1, Ramsbottom
Utd 0; Hasiingden 0, Castleton Gabriels 3; Nelson 1,' CLITHEROE 5; Monday
First Division Atherton Collieries 1, Newcastle
Town 3; Blackpool Rovers 3, Darwen 1; Burscough 0, CLITHEROE 1; Eastwood Hanley 4, Mossley 1; GIossop NE 1, Chadderton 1; Kidsgrove Ath. 1, Trafford 3; Maine Road 2, St Helens Tn 1; Nantwich Tn 2, Bootle 2; Penrith 2, Holker OB 1; Prose ot Cables 1, Salford City 0; Rossendale Utd 1, Vaux hall GM0.____
Reserve Division Cup
CLITHEROE v Hasiingden. Tomorrow
First Division
Bootle v Maine Road. Saturday
First Division Buiscough v Trafford; Chadder- ■
(home); April 19th: St Helens Town (away); May 3rd: Nantwich Tn (home); May 5th: Eastwood Han ley (away). The Reserves have four
league games to go.. They are - April 8th:
ton v Nantwich Tn; CLIT HEROE v Holker OB; Kids grove Ath. v Eastwood Hanley; Mossley v Blackpool Rovers; Penrith v Vauxhall GM; Rossendale Utd v Newcastle Town; St Helens Town v GIossop NE; Salford City v Atherton
Collieries. ' Reserve Division
tom Utd; Maine Road v Salford City.
Reserve Division Cup
Nelson v Castleton Gabriels. Tuesday
First Division
Burscough v Nantwich Town. Reserve Division
Trafford v Ashton Town. Reserve Division Cup
Nelson v Hasiingden. Wednesday
First Division Darwen v Holker OB; Prescot
Cables v Kidsgrove Athletic. First Division
Traffoid..................... 3826 6 6 31 Newcastle Town ....*. 3623 7 6 76 CL1THER0E........... 3820 13 5 73 Burscough........ '......... 3719 8 10 65 Penrith...........:........... 3319 7 7 64 Blackpool Rvre........... 3816 14 8 62 Eastwood Hanley....... 3518 8 9 62 Prescot Cables............. 4016 10 14 68 Mossley...................... 35 15 8 12 63 Vauxhall GM............... 3612 14 10 60 St Helens Town.......... 3714 6 18 47 Bootle........................ 3612 7 17 43 Nantwich Town........... 3111 9 11 42 GIossop NE................. 3710 10 17 40 Kidsgrove Ath............. 36 9 12 15 39 Atherton Colls.... ........ 37 10 9 18 39 Rossendale Utd........... 3910 9 20 39 Holker OB.................. 33 9 9 15 36 Salford City................ 37 8 11 18 35 Darwen...................... 38 7 10 21 31 Maine Road................. 37 7 10 20 31 Chadderton................. 38 7 10 21 31
PW D L P Reserve Division
Traffoid..................... 21 19 2 0 59 Hasiingden................... 23 13 5 5 44 CLITHEROE............. 2012 3 5 39 Atherton Colls........ . 21 10 3 8 33
PW D L P,
Cheadle Town............... 23 9 5 9.32 Chadderton................. 22 9 3 10 30 Ramsbottom Utd......... 21 8 3 10 27
Nelson....................... 21 8 3 10 27 Castleton Gabs.......... 21 8 3 10 27
Salford City................ 23 7 3 13 24 Maine Road................. 19 6 3 10 21 Daisy HiU................... 20 4 3 13 16 Ashton Town.................21 4 3 14 15
Reserve Division CupNESecti?jnw D L p
CLITHEROE..... ....... 5 3 2 0 11 Maine Road.................. 5 3 0 2 9. Chadderton................. 5 2 1 2 7 Castleton Gabs............ 4 1 1 2 4 Ramsbottom Utd......... 4 1 1 2 4 Nelson....................... 4 1 1 2 4 Hasiingden................... 3 1 0 2 3 * Reserve Division Cup table up to and including Monday, March
31st.
Legend on the menu!
CELTIC, Manchester United and Scotland legend Paddy Crerand will be the guest speak er at Sabden FC’s Annual Sportsman’s Dinner. The dinner will be held
at Mytton Fold Farm Hotel on Thursday, May 8th, with further entertainment from comedian Seth Shildon, Tickets are priced £20
this year’s BT Swimathon a t Ribblesdale Pool, Clitheroe, and raised hun dreds of pounds for the Prince’s Trust. Leading the field in the
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fund-raising were Clitheroe Dolphins who entered eight teams and two individual swimmers and there were many other individual entrants, all sponsored by relatives, friends and neigh bours. The local entrants who set
Daisy Hill v Cheadle Town; Swimathon success!
ore th an 70 swim mers took p a r t in
‘(Parents gave us tremen
dous support and our thanks are due to those who came to help count the lengths. Mr Neal Ingham, duty
themselves a 200-length target, were among thou sands of swimmers across Britain taking part in the annual event. “I t was a great success —
one of the best swimathons ever held at the pool,” said Claire Spencer, a member of the Dolphins who helped to organise the event.
so:
CRAVEN Heifer B were crowned champions of th e R ib b le Valley L a d ie s D a r ts L e agu e a f te r c l in c h in g a n 8-4 w in in th e d e c id in g m a tc h
agains t Royal Oak. Royal Oak finished in runners-up spot, just seven points behind the leaders. Judge Walmesley and Low Moor finished bottom, both
with 98 points after the final round of matches. In the Second Division champions Spring Mill concluded
their fixtures with a 6-6 draw at Dog and Partridge Bar- row to finish and incredible 33 points ahead of the rest of
the pack. Bottom of the pile were Brown Cow, who finished with
78 points after a 9-3 defeat at Billington BC. RESULTS
First Division
Royal Oak 4, Craven Heifer B 8; Judge Walmesley 8, White Horse 4; Catholic SC 8, Low Moor 4.
Second Division Billington BC 9, Brown Cow 3; Black Bull 9, Clitheroe SC 3; Dog
and Partridge (Barrow) 6, Spring Mill 6; Dog and Partridge (CUtheroe) 6, Legion A 6; Mangrove 5, Station 7. POINTS AND POSITIONS First Division
1, Craven B 128; 2, Royal Oak 121; 3, Black Horse 111; 4,
Catholic SC 111; 5, Craven A 111; 6, White Horse 102; 7, Kings Arms 101; 8, Legion B 99; 9, Low Moor 98; 10, Judge Walmsley 98.
and are available from Ian Boocock (01282 771778), Paul Wray (01282 774052) and Simon Bywater (01282
779122).
1, Spring Mill 156; 2, Legion A 123; 3, Dog and Partridge (CUtheroe) 109; 4, Dog and Partridge (Barrow) 107; 5, Mangrove 107; 6, Black Bull 103; 7, Clitheroe SC 102; 8, Station 97; 9, Billington BC 96; 10, Brown Cow 78. HIGH SCORES
Second Division 140—Lil Hoyle (Dog Barrow): 137 and 133 — Sharron Dobson
(Royal Oak); 132—Tracey Foulker (Station); 126—Anita Price (Legion B); 125 — Janet Thomas (Legion B), Ann Harbord (Royal Oak).
Legion B 7, Black Horse 5; Craven Heifer A 4, Kings Arms 8;
officer at the pool who co ordinated the event, said that Clitheroe’s contribu tion to the Swimathon had still to he worked out, but it should be a substantial amount. Members from the Dol
phins formed themselves in teams of five and each swimmer clocked up 40 lengths, but the individual entrants did a 200-length stint themselves. School pals Joseph Salazar
and Andy Wilson deserve a special mention.
£150 for the cause when they completed just over a mile each in one hour. The boys, both just nine-
They raised more than
years-old, go to Edisford County Primary School and live in Kirkmoor Road Clitheroe. The Dolphins teams and
(2hr.l2min.); Platypusses —Mark Jaggs, Craig Jack- son, Simon Smith, John Forrester, Thomas Pawson (2hr. 13min. 33sec.) Individual swimmers from
Walker, Simon Hodgson, Mark
Hitchen
their times were as follows: Freestylers — Hannah Moody, John Legg, Andrew Slinger, Rebecca Holden ( lh r 27min. 27sec.); Butterfliers — Rachael Walker, Katie Bolton, Gemma Seed, Claire Spencer, Kirsty For rester (lhr 41min. 45sec.); Birdybrains — Thomas Craven, Denis Craven, Matthew Poplett, Matthew Smith, Alex Smith (lhr 45min. 18sec.); Duckeggs — Toby Ban- field, Paul Jaggs, Sain Pun- chard, Adam Underwood, Timothy Smith ( lh r 45min. 25secs); Oldens — Debbie Seed, Claire Spencer, John Craven, Tony Cross ( lh r 56min. 53sec.); Cuckoos — Emma Salisbury, Susan Brass, Kirsty Parkinson, Beatrice Cross, Phoebe Cross (2hr. 5min. 51sec.); Tweetypies — Guy Isherwood, Matthew Thompson, Ben
the Dolphins who complet ed 200 lengths were David Jaggs (lhr 47min. 45sec.) and James Kirk. (lh r. 48min. • 58sec.). Other teams completing the 500m distance were: The Pretty Bunch (2hr 27min.); The Dream Team (lhr Slmin. 56sec.); Jawss (lhr 24min. 32sec.); The Pendle Water Babies (2hr 9min. 52sec.); Nic and Neil Cox ( lh r 28min. 13sec.); The Flying Five (2hr 7min. 19sec.); Moody and Co (lhr. 27min. 27sec.). Other individuals who
comlepted the 500m dis tance were: Helen Veevers (2hr 33min. 46sec.); John Dixon (lhr 36min. 39sec.); Alan Holmes (2hr lOmin. 21sec.); Raymond Keefe (lhr 39min. 9sec.); Stuart Chambers ( lh r 38min. 23sec.); Jane Chandler (lhr 43min. 56sec.); Daniel Leeming ( lh r 39min. 40sec.); Robert Morpeth (2hr 8min. 37sec.); Bradley Keegan (lhr 29min. 41sec); Brandon Allison ( lh r
46min. lsec.). Our picture shows Neal ,
Ingham and Clare Spencer with some of the swimmers who took part. (CAT7916)
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FIXTURES Tonight
Penrith 2, Newcastle Town 4;
youngster Rebecca Wrigley. By George Embley
M The 14-year-old Clitheroe swimmer
has been selected to represent Great Britain in the European Catholic Schools’ Games on the George Cross island of Malta in July. And no-one is more surprised to be ,
selected than the St Augustine’s RC High School Year 9 pupil herselfl This week she said: “I was surprised
when I opened the letter and found out th a t I had been named in the squad. “The squad contains swimmers up
Rebecca's in the swim!
AKING quite a splash in her chosen sport is Ribble Valley
to 17 years of age and I did not expect to be included in it.
“But now th a t I have been, the games can’t come around quickly
enough. “This is obviously the highlight of
Crescent, Clitheroe, began swimming competitively at the age of nine and undertakes a strict training regime as she bids to make a name for herself. She is a member of Clitheroe Dolphins
my career to date, a great honour, and my family and friends are really pleased for me.” Rebecca, who lives in Moorland
and BOBCATS and trains every day of the week except Saturday, which is left free for competitive swimmingl
plines are freestyle and butterfly, puts in 10 hours training a week under the watchful eye of Alan Moorhouse at Fadiham Pool and the Thompson Centre in Burnley, and John Legg and Chris Goddard at the Ribblesdale Pool in Clitheroe. Arid Rebecca, who is goal-shooter in
Rebecca, who says her best disci
her school’s successful netball team, aims to be in the best possible shape when, she joins her team-mates a t Gatwick Airport and flies out to rep resent her country at St Julian’s Bay
in four months’ time. Splash hit: Rebecca Wrigley is pic
tured a t Ribblesdale Po o l.. (CAT7915)
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